Filter for tobacco smoking pipes, cigarette and cigar holders



June 201, 1939. J KOSTAMQ 2,163,432

FILTER FOR TOBACCO SMOKING PIPES. CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDERS FiledMarch a, 1958 zl' lllllllw INVENTOR.

BY J WT OSTAMO ATTORNEY.

Patented June 20, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FILTER FOR TOBACCOSMOKING PIPES, CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDERS John August Kostamo, NewYork, N. Y.

Application March 3, 1938, Serial No. 193,624

3 Claims. (01. 131-215) This invention relates to new and usefuliminvention, comprises a smoking pipe I!) having a provements in afilter device for smoking pipes mouthpiece lfla and a bowl lilb. A smokepasand cigarette and cigar holders. sage i I extends through themouthpiece and con- More specifically, the invention proposes the nectswith the bottom end of the opening in the construction of a receptacleor hollow member bowl lllb. Arecess I2 extends in from one side of for afilter, or for aromatic material such as rum the pipe stem and connectswith the passage H. or other flavors for a smoking pipe or similar Areceptacle or hollow member l3 having a closed article, which ischaracterized by the fact that outer side la is removably set into therecess I2. it may engage into a recess extending inward An absorbentelement I4 is mounted in the recepfrom the wall of the pipe or cigaretteor cigar tacle or hollow member I3 and extends into the 10 holder.passage II for removing the oils, nicotine and Still further, it isproposed to provide the redirt from the smoke, and for holding flavoringceptacle or hollow member at its ends with niches aromatic materials. inaligned positions with the smoke passage The receptacle or hollow memberl3 may be through the pipe or similar article, and to mount constructedfrom metal or other material, and 5 an absorbent element into saidreceptacle or holof any desired size, Width, length or thickness, lowmember to absorb the excessive oil, nicotine, and is removably engagedinto a tubular member dirt, etc., from the smoke, and if desired, tohold 15 which is fixedly set into the recess I2. At one aromatic orother materials. of its ends the tubular member I5 is formed with Stillfurther it is proposed to construct the a lug l5at and the adjacent endof the hollow 20 absorbent element of felt, cotton, paper or othermember I3 is also formed with lugs l3b. These similar absorbentmaterial, and to form it with lugs are hine dly connected together at ap n It beveled sides, if desired, with the material beso that thereceptacle or hollow member may be tween the sides extending into thepath of the pivoted from within the tubular member when smoke to dividethe smoke passage into separate it is desired to change the absorbentelements 14. 25 branches through which the smoke will pass so At itsfront end the receptacle or hollow member that the said material mayadequately remove 13 is formed with a lip I and the pip body the excessoil, nicotine, dirt, etc. jacent the lip I30 is formed with a recess orniche Another object of this invention is to construct i1 i tO h c OneSfinger nail y be inserted for 30 a device of the class described whichis simple engaging beneath the lip [30 to pivot the hollow 0 and durableand which may be manufactured and em its p DOSitiOH- The recess I2 ssold at a reasonable cost. formed at its ends with outwardly extendingpor- The chief advantages gained with this inven- 11 0 1211111130 Whiehthe lugs i317 and p tion is that the pipe may be easily cleaned and tendso that the outer face [3a of the receptacle keeps clean, and thetendency for the smoke pasor ll w m r l3 w l be flush w h p p 35 sage tobecome blocked is reduced. body For further comprehension of theinventio The filter I4 is constructed from felt, cotton and of theobjects and advantages thereof, referp p other absorbent a a r re ovencewill be had to the following description and in the ex sive oil, nicoine and dirt from the 40 accompanying drawing, and to the appendedsmoke, and for holding flavoring and aromatic 40 claims in which thevarious novel features of the materials- At its p the filter s formedWit nvention are more particularly set forth. beveled sides Ma whichextend from the edge of In the accompanying drawing forming a m t thehollow member l3 to divide the smoke pasrial part of this disclosure;sage ll into branches Ila on either side of the Fig, 1 is a sideelevational vie of sm kin absorbent element I l so that the smoke willpass 45 pipe having filter receptacle t u t d on either side thereof topermit the absorbent cording to this invention. element to adequatelyremove the oil, nicotine Fig. 2 is a bottom view of Fig. 1. and dirt.Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3--3 of The Operation of thisdevice s as follows: 50 Fig, 2, To insert an absorbent element I4 intothe re- 50 Fig, 4 is a, perspective iew of the filter recepceptacle OIhOllOW member l3 ones finger nail iS tacle, per se, in its openposition. engaged beneath the lip I30 on the receptacle or Fig. 5 is asectional view of a cigarette or cigar hollow member as permitted by theniche H, and holder constructed according to this invention. this lipI3c is pulled outward to pivot the recep- The filter for smoking pipes,according to this tacle or hollow member with relation to the tubu- 55lar element l5 to move it to its open position as shown in Fig. 4. Theabsorbent element I4 is then slipped into the open end of the receptacleor hollow member [3 with the beveled sides I la extending from the topthereof. The receptacle or hollow member is then pivoted to its closedposition and the beveled top portion Ma of the absorbent element M willextend into the smoke passage H dividing it into branches Ila aroundwhich the smoke will pass so that the element I4 may remove the oils,nicotine and dirt therefrom. After the absorbent element has becomesaturated with the foreign material it may be removed and replaced byrepeating the above procedure.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 5 a cigarette or cigarholder Hi having a mouthpiece lOa and an opening lllc into which acigarette or cigar may be placed is formed with a recess l2 into whichthe tubular member l5 and the hollow member 13 extend. In other respectsthis form of the invention is similar to the previous form.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a smokers article oi the class described, a body portion having apassage for the smoke and a recess extended in from one side andconnecting with said passage, a tubular member set into said recess withits walls engaging the walls of the recess and having niches in its endwalls aligned with said passage, a receptacle or hollow member forholding an absorbent element extending into said passage and formed witha closed outer side and engaged into said tubular member with its wallsengaging the walls of said tubular member and movably mounted thereon.

2. In a smokers article of the class described, a body portion having apassage for the smoke and a recess extended in from one side andconnecting with said passage, a tubular member set into said recess withits walls engaging the walls of the recess and having niches in its endwalls aligned with said passage, a receptacle or hollow member forholding an absorbent element extending into said passage and formed witha closed outer side and engaged into said tubular member with its wallsengaging the wall of said tubular 'member and movably mounted thereon,said tubular member being formed at one of its ends with a lug extendingat right angles to the wall thereof and disposed in a recess in saidbody, and said hollow member being formed at its adjacent end with a lugextending along said lug, and said lugs being hingedly connectedtogether for movably supporting said hollow member on said tubularmember so that said hollow member may be removed from said tubularmember when it is desired to change or remove said absorbent element.

8. In a smokers article of the class described, a body portion having apassage for the smoke and a recess extended in from one side and connecting with said passage, a tubular member set into said recess withits walls engaging the walls of the recess and having niches in its endwalls aligned with said passage, a receptacle or hollow member forholding an absorbent element extending into said passage and formed witha closed outer side and engaged into said tubular member with its wallsengaging the walls of said tubular member and movably mounted thereon,and a flange projecting from said hollow member and extending over theouter edge of said tubular member.

JOHN AUGUST KOSTAMO.

